I'm making tamales for a party. I want to have a veggie option but want to do something more modern then the usual chiles+cheese.
I'm thinking something with greens in it perhaps. I have a favorite way of preparing Swiss Chard (http://www.epicurious.com...) also with Kalamatas but I wonder if that would be too dry in a tamale.
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They're different than Mexican - wrapped in plantain leaves, not corn husks. One type she always makes are filled with chicken/peppers in an ancho-ish red sauce... but the other is filled with green olives, raisins, nuts, spices, etc. Very traditional from what I gather, so there must be recipes online. Not overly sweet or dessert-like. Seems like even if there were stock in the traditional sauce, you could adapt it to be vegetarian.
Scroll down to read about their veggie options, great ideas for interesting tamales.
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/squash_black_bean_goat_cheese_tamales.html
or these bean-y ones from The Kitchn, which are actually vegan :
http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-vegan-corn-tamales-85314